The guy who rehairs my bows once advised me that I shouldn't completely pluck out the hair, but to leave a little bit on both ends. This is so that the other hairs don't become loose and fall out. He said it's not generally a problem since most people don't break ridiculous amounts of hair, but it makes it easier to rehair your bow and is best for your bow in the long run. Also, I've found that wrapping the hair around the tip of the bow then pulling effectively leaves a little at the end.

If you just have one or two, remove it. The best approach is to cut it at the loose bit, then pull the hair away from the rest of the bow and cut it carefully at both ends, right up against the frog and the tip.

Is the rosin thing true? My intuition is that the bow is more slippy and thus less likely to snag with zero rosin (though you clearly wouldn't want to play it that way as it sounds awful)
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dumbledadJun 2 at 11:34